

Offerings include educational events and webinars, records preservation tutorials, indexing initiatives and free help desk sessions with experts. Established in 1993, IGG is the nation’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to Italian genealogy. Whether you’ve just started tracing your family tree or you’ve been at it for years, the Italian Genealogical Group is there for you. If you’re interested in finding the perfect Florentine ristorante, enjoying the best gelato or making an easy Pasta con le Zucchini e Fiori, start at. In addition to her blog, Coral contributes to publications such as Vogue, The Guardian and Conde Nast Traveler. She also curates food and wine tours in Florence, Bologna and the surrounding countryside. An author and sommelier, Sisk writes about eating and drinking well in Florence and other haunts in her blog Curious Appetite. She fell in love with Florence on a 2005 visit and moved there for good in 2012.


“I’ve been obsessed with food and understanding every morsel of it for as long as my memory serves,” she explains. A legendary drummer with a 50-year career backing superstars the likes of Rod Stewart and Ozzy Osbourne, Appice is still most closely associated with this iconic song.īorn to an Iranian father and a Sicilian-American mother, Coral Sisk’s life has centered around good eating. Lead singer Mark Stein’s plaintiff voice is the star of this performance, but Appice’s cannon shots, cymbal crashes and trademark drumstick twirls play a crucial supporting role. Powered by Carmine Appice’s consummate drumming, the band transforms the bouncy Supremes hit into a hard rocking, heartbreaking wail.

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